aurora
Portuguese, noun/awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
aurora is spelled A-U-R-O-R-A (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aurora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dawn; daybreak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “claridade que precede o alvorecer originada pela inclinação dos raios solares”.
What does aurora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedawn; daybreak
- 2
feminineOrient
- 3
feminineclipping of aurora boreal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. claridade que precede o alvorecer originada pela inclinação dos raios solares 2. fenômeno luminoso das regiões polares 3. princípio da vida; juventude 4. início, começo, origem
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Ceará 2. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aurora
- auroras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aurora?
- Brazil /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aurora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aurora in Portuguese?
aurora appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).